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Take as much as you can! As long as its not going to be detrimental to your best pieces. I reckon its an all or nothing thing, if you enter at least one piece you may as well enter as much as you can.

Oh yeah, definitely take the avatar too, you owe it to yourself to see what could have happened, and get over the disaster of last year

Hey Finnan,

I would love to see you take the lot to Games Day including the Avatar.

I do not know how the judging goes, but it could be a good way to show the judges how your choices of models and painting techniques have evolved.

Besides your paintwork will stand up to the best that has been out there.

Just a shame that I cant make it this year :(

I had hoped to have seen the avatar last year.

 finnan wrote:
500 odd views, 3 pieces of advice... hmm, I was kinda hoping for a few more opinions... and Nerd seems to be in Shakespearean mode! Curiouser and curiouser!

Well, I think a few of those views are mine, so I'll post something to encourage you I think your work is amazing. True story. I don't have near the patience that you display to paint all those layers and blends. That being said, I've never entered anything in the GD or even been, so I don't have much advice to give, but (assuming that you don't have to pay an entry fee for everything that you enter) it seems like the more you enter, the more chances you have of winning Best of Luck!

I would enter as much as you can, just to get a feel of how each unit fairs in a competition.

Having said that, I rarely enter anything I haven't purposely intended to enter from conception. Although one GD did come from a "hey, I like this guy I think I'll enter him!" entry.

That's more like it fellow Dakkaites! As you probably know, my default state is general indecision, and that's really helped, so thank you all : )

In light of that, I have packaged up:
The Wraithseer - 40k Vehicle
The Farseer - 40k Single miniature
The Avatar - 40k Monster
Harlequins x 5 (Troupe Master and 4 Harlequins) - 40k Squad
Cirdan - Lord of the Rings

... and, because Elrikr put the thought of doing something non-Eldar into my head, I have ordered a few goodies in the last few days for my post-Games Day painting. A couple of cryptic clues:
First lot of goodies starts with S and ends with Uper Dungeon Explore. The second lot starts with D and ends with Warves

Cool sounds good

First lot of goodies starts with S and ends with Uper Dungeon Explore. The second lot starts with D and ends with Warves

Dammit man! you're gonna have to give me more to work with than that cryptic miasma of letters! eh not even a hint

Say it with me: Duh-war-vuh-zz
and chibi-manga fun! : )

Hey finnan, really like your Harlequins. Really colorful and cool.

O.k,... O.k, lets see if i can get this *damned tongue twisters!* ...... Duh-war......Vuh-zz,..... there! got it! .... Duwarfves!

Dwoar-vzzz

Thanks Iron Father, much appreciated

Hey Fin.

Good to see tou've decided to enter multiple units. Your painting is great, so fingers crossed for you. Looking forward to seeing your post GD painting too.

D

I am almost speechless(no mean feat).the colours blending and general style of painting is truly top drawer.Best of luck at golden demon mate.

for the golden demon, a shot gun approach ususally works well.

I like the harlies but i'm not sure the basing does them any favors. I feel the static grass looks like an afterthought and it's colour takes away from the models.

I really think of all your models I prefer the farseer

Basing has never been my strongest area - thank goodness for resin scenics! And damn the Harlequins for being fairly flimsy and without their micro-scenic as part of their base.
I doubt the Harlequins will win anything, but the last two years I haven't entered stuff for GD and then when I'm there, I wish I had, so we'll see how it goes. If I'd intended them to be GD entries from the start, more effort generally would have gone into them.

As ever, thank you all for the positive comments : )

And now for something completely different lol
As a little warm up before the dwarves arrive, I've finally made a start on my Reaper Frost Giant Princess - such a lovely sculpt, and the start of my Nordic/Celtic Dwarven adventure ; )
She's a big girl - that's a 60mm base she's on, but really lovely. All I've done so far is block in the bone areas in Screaming Skull, and the main leather areas in Snakebite Leather, and then two liberal washes of Gryph's Sepia over them both.
The plan (and in my head, The Plans always sound very doable...) is to have her very warm and earthy in her clothes, and then contrast that with a nice cold blue for her skin. Hair I haven't decided on yet, it's either going to be ice white or a dark, stormy blue...

That is a nice model! In the first pic she seems to be so serene, and then the second pic shows the string of skulls she carries around. It was the equivalent of an epic plot twist in a blockbuster hit!

Good luck! Always a pleasure to follow your projects!
Rawson

I agree, she is a bit calmly sinister - that mask is hiding a an manic, psychotic grin I think ; )

I love that model. Been considering jumping in on the Reaper KS because you can get her in their new "Bones" material.

If this blog gets any better I'm going to have to unsubscribe or risk suiside... As always, amazing. Those harlees are BEAUTIFUL

The paintwork on that princess so far looks beautiful, kudos!

Interesting model. Liking what you've done with it so far.

D

urgh... the kids aren't even back at school yet (tomorrow...), and I'm already knackered, although that may have more to do with my new fitness, My Body Is A Temple regime (yoga tonight. I'd like to say that I pretty much laid down and breathed for an hour, but I feel as if I've been stretched and pulled like nobody's business).
Thanks for the comments on the frost giant - I have done a bit more work, but haven't taken a shot yet, I'll try and do that tomorrow. It's a deceptively tricky model to paint - it looks really simple, but there are lots of nooks and crannies that are hard to reach. I've just about finished her clothes apart from the cloak, and I've blocked in the base for the skin... photos to follow : )

photos of the Princess as promised.
The darker leather and the skullz not done yet.
Eyes: I was aiming for them to be big chunks of amber inset into her mask... not quite sure that I pulled it off. May have to be highlighted further.


The bottom of her mask and part of her necklace need to be re-highlighted after I was a bit enthusiastic with the blue when blocking in her skin... but you get the idea. The plan for the studs by her mouth are to have amber inset in gold, but I'll do them towards the end.

What size base is she sitting on?

60mm - the cloak didn't fit on a 30mm or 40mm. It's just for display purposes, so there aren't any gaming implications.

Looking sweet Fin! I do think you need to up the amber on her eyes a bit with a neato reflection and your signature blending expertise! the browns really do look like soft leather garments! well done good sir!

what series of models is she from? and does it give you freedom of painting whatever you think will look right?

more orange would do the trick on her eyes I think... I started from an orange base, a couple of washes of Devlan, and then orange and yellow highlights. I don't want the highlights to be too harsh, and they're not the largest of areas...

It's from the Icingstead (?) range - search for Frost Giant on the Reaper store and it'll come up. There's only one painted example on there, and I haven't found too many others, so I've taken those on board, but gone in my own direction a little with her.

I think I want my dwarves (when they arrive! grr... impatient) in a similar style - very warm leathers, fairly bright/strong colours for the fabric (mostly their trousers from what I can see), and fairly realistic-looking animal skins for furs. Blond hair, strawberry blond and greys/silvers for hair. All very Nordic. I've already done a bit of research and have got some stylised hounds, griffin and dragons that can go on the shields (with any luck!)

Sounds good, more orange from the god or orange! you should be able to thirty or so layers with your eyes closed! i'm looking forward to seeing her all done!

a little bit of work done on the Princess - my new (un)fitness regime and being back at school has severely cut into my painting time.
I've highlighted her skin, tried to deepen up her eyes, done her boots and made a start on her cloak.
The first of the Red Box Dvergr have also arrived, and my goodness they're small! Especially when next to the Princess! I've just tidied up and based the first four so far as I've told myself I can't start on them until I finish the Princess. I think I might have a go at doing them mainly in washes, like I did for my Branchwraith...

This princess looks awesome! Cant wait to see her finished!
And your Eldar are top class too.